Fantasy Pitching II: Star Wars vs. Pokemon vs. R&D vs. Uber

Pitching research: ‘qualitative cousins’ and the ‘extended family’

“…In the following semester, using a fresh student cohort, Faff et al . () extend upon Faff, Ali, et al . (2017h), outlining a similar fantasy research pitch exercise with four groups: (i) Star Wars; (ii) Pokemon Go; (iii) R&D; and (iv) Uber .…”

“…Faff () argues that the pitching research tool provides multi‐faceted benefits – its basic framework simultaneously serves as a research planning tool; a research skills development tool (Faff, ); a research learning tool (Faff et al ., 2017h; Faff et al ., and Ratiu, ); a research agenda‐setting tool (Maxwell, ); a research mentoring tool (Faff et al ., ); a research collaboration tool (Wallin and Spry, ); a research engagement & impact tool (Faff and Kastelle, ); research‐led teaching tool (Faff et al ., ); and a research ‘discoverability’ tool (Faff et al ., 2017). As such, these various dimensions effectively represent many facets of the ‘extended family’ of Faff's () pitching research , as discussed below.…”